I believe that it is very important for communication majors to study design. In order to communicate efficiently with others we should be able to try and discover the meaning behind an image. For me, I would love to go into social media and possibly advertising. Dealing with that, there will be plenty of images that are designed a certain way or a reason. Either for it to be simple, or just to wow a certain target crowd. Good design matters as well. Nobody (well, at least I don't) like something that doesn't grab your attention...better yet know as boring. A good design not only reflects on the artist, but the company the design is for. Gives the public a better understanding of the company itself. Nothing over the top, nothing too dull.
One of my favorite designs has to be the album cover for electronic music artist Kaskade. The album is called Strobelite Seduction.
Sometimes I purposely play music from the album just to view the album cover. It is just something about the music, when you're listening and viewing it (the album cover) at the same time, you are put in a trance. Guess you can say you are "seduced" by the colors and details (regardless if Kaskade is in the middle or not) as the music plays and puts you in a small trance. There is nothing too over the top, though there could possibly be a little more than can be added. Such as maybe a sun or moon as a strobelite showing where the light is coming from. None the less, this album cover is one of my favorites.
I am pretty interested in seeing how this class plays out. I have used photoshop and other tools prior, but that was awhile ago, back when Photoshop was on CS3. From the blogging to the projects, ready to learn new skills that will hopefully benefit in the future.
